But chairman Denis O’Connor released a statement on Thursday evening said he had found new investors who would plug the gap left by Gerry Mulvey stopping his bankrolling of the Co Wicklow outfit.

In a statement released by the PFA Ireland, the players expressed their scepticism and appeared to cast some doubt over whether their next league game, against Cork City next weekend, would go ahead.

The statement said: “At a meeting on Tuesday, club Chairman Denis O’Connor agreed to allow our union, PFA Ireland, assess any potential new investment and confirmed that any such investment would be bonded and secured.

“The Chairman has today stated that investment is now forthcoming but we have received no bonding, security, guarantee or even details as to where it has come from.

“Our union has also written to the FAI licensing department where it has sought similar confirmation of such concrete guarantees but we receive no substantive reply, merely correspondence to say that they are again monitoring the situation.

“In view of the events of the last six days in which completely contradictory and confusing statements have been made by the club, we do not feel confident about our future at the club.

“As a squad, we feel this is not enough to guarantee our commitment for the rest of the season and beyond so we are therefore giving the club a deadline of close of business, Monday, to provide us with the appropriate information together with the promised guarantees and security.

“If these are not received, we will examine all options available to us ahead of the next fixture against Cork City.”

Earlier, O’Connor had said he had written to the PFAI ‘setting out that all contracts would be honoured’.

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In its statement, the FAI said: “The Football Association of Ireland is encouraged that Bray Wanderers FC have declared that they have received the necessary funding to complete the 2017 SSE Airtricity League season.

“The club will now be required to provide the Independent Licensing Committee with confirmation as to their current financial status and adhere to the protocol set down by the Committee in relation to maintaining a Licence for the current season.”